Where does “finale” come from?

finale (French) comes from Italian finale, from Latin fīnālis, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

finale (French): feminine singular of final; a final

Definitions

  1. feminine singular of final; a final

Ancestry of “finale”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfinalefinal, ending; end, ending, conclusion; finale
2LatinfīnālisOf or pertaining to boundaries
3Latin-ālis
4Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives

Words derived from “finale

Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis
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